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Definition of: tantalum
(tan′tə·ləm) noun
A very hard, heavy, gray, faintly radioactive metallic element (symbol Ta, atomic number 73), nonirritating and unaffected by body liquids, used in alloys and surgical appliances. See PERIODIC TABLE. [<TANTALUS; from its inability to absorb water]
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